CVE-2018-1002105

Summary

CVECVE-2018-1002105
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2018-12-05 21:29:00 UTC
Updated2023-11-07 02:51:00 UTC
DescriptionIn all Kubernetes versions prior to v1.10.11, v1.11.5, and v1.12.3, incorrect handling of error responses to proxied upgrade requests in the kube-apiserver allowed specially crafted requests to establish a connection through the Kubernetes API server to backend servers, then send arbitrary requests over the same connection directly to the backend, authenticated with the Kubernetes API server's TLS credentials used to establish the backend connection.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-388

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Kubernetes Kubernetes 1.9.12 beta0 All All
Application Kubernetes Kubernetes 1.9.12 beta0 All All
Application Kubernetes Kubernetes All All All All
Application Kubernetes Kubernetes All All All All
Application Kubernetes Kubernetes All All All All
Application Kubernetes Kubernetes All All All All
Application Netapp Trident - All All All
Application Netapp Trident - All All All
Application Redhat Openshift Container Platform 3.10 All All All
Application Redhat Openshift Container Platform 3.11 All All All
Application Redhat Openshift Container Platform 3.2 All All All
Application Redhat Openshift Container Platform 3.3 All All All
Application Redhat Openshift Container Platform 3.4 All All All
Application Redhat Openshift Container Platform 3.5 All All All
Application Redhat Openshift Container Platform 3.6 All All All
Application Redhat Openshift Container Platform 3.8 All All All
Application Redhat Openshift Container Platform 3.10 All All All
Application Redhat Openshift Container Platform 3.11 All All All
Application Redhat Openshift Container Platform 3.2 All All All
Application Redhat Openshift Container Platform 3.3 All All All
Application Redhat Openshift Container Platform 3.4 All All All
Application Redhat Openshift Container Platform 3.5 All All All
Application Redhat Openshift Container Platform 3.6 All All All
Application Redhat Openshift Container Platform 3.8 All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Red Hat Customer Portal REDHAT access.redhat.com Third Party Advisory
Google Groups groups.google.com
[security-announce] openSUSE-SU-2020:0554-1: important: Security update SUSE lists.opensuse.org
Google Groups CONFIRM groups.google.com Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
CVE-2018-1002105 Kubernetes Privilege Escalation Vulnerability in NetApp Products | NetApp Product Security CONFIRM security.netapp.com Third Party Advisory
Red Hat Customer Portal REDHAT access.redhat.com Third Party Advisory
Red Hat Customer Portal REDHAT access.redhat.com Third Party Advisory
Red Hat Customer Portal REDHAT access.redhat.com Third Party Advisory
Coalfire - Kubernetes Vulnerability: What You Can and Should Do to Protect Your Enterprise MISC www.coalfire.com Mitigation, Third Party Advisory
Kubernetes - (Unauthenticated) Arbitrary Requests - Multiple remote Exploit EXPLOIT-DB www.exploit-db.com Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
Red Hat Customer Portal REDHAT access.redhat.com Third Party Advisory
oss-security - Re: linux-distros membership application - Microsoft MLIST www.openwall.com
Red Hat Customer Portal REDHAT access.redhat.com Third Party Advisory
oss-security - Re: linux-distros membership application - Microsoft MLIST www.openwall.com
Kubernetes - (Authenticated) Arbitrary Requests - Multiple remote Exploit EXPLOIT-DB www.exploit-db.com Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
Red Hat Customer Portal REDHAT access.redhat.com Third Party Advisory
GitHub - evict/poc_CVE-2018-1002105: PoC for CVE-2018-1002105. MISC github.com Exploit, Third Party Advisory
Red Hat Customer Portal REDHAT access.redhat.com Third Party Advisory
Kubernetes API Server CVE-2018-1002105 Remote Privilege Escalation Vulnerability BID www.securityfocus.com Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
oss-security - Re: linux-distros membership application - Microsoft MLIST www.openwall.com
CVE-2018-1002105: proxy request handling in kube-apiserver can leave vulnerable TCP connections · Issue #71411 · kubernetes/kubernetes · GitHub CONFIRM github.com Issue Tracking, Mitigation, Patch, Third Party Advisory
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis
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